Christian History Magazine—Issue 2: John Wesley: Leader of the Methodist Movement
Overview
John Wesley did it all: He preached 40,000 sermons, rode 250,000 miles on horseback, lived on 28 pounds annually, founded (unintentionally) a new denomination, served the forgotten people of Britain, and had great respect for his mother. His love for historical Christianity was unmatched except by his love for the Gospel, and his desire for renewal in the Church of England had no parallel. Found here in this issue of Christian History & Biography, his story will surprise and inspire you.
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Top Highlights
“This being my birth-day, the first day of my seventy-second year, I was considering, How is this, that I find just the same strength as I did thirty years ago? That my sight is considerably better now, and my nerves firmer than they were then? That I have none of the infirmities of old age, and have lost several I had in my youth? The grand cause is, the good pleasure of God, who doth whatsoever pleaseth him. The chief means are, I, my constantly rising at four, for about fifty years: 2, my generally preaching at five in the morning, one of the most healthy exercises in the world: 3, my never travelling less, by sea or land, than four thousand five hundred miles a year.” (source)
“The Church of England preached that man’s station in life was a reflection of his state of grace” (source)
“Wesley’s conservatism was political as well as religious. He published an open letter to the American colonies warning them to stay loyal to Britain just before the American Revolution. He would not have tolerated any talk of civil upheaval in England.” (source)
“Wesley held that divine grace could be rejected; it was not irresistible. And a believer could ‘fall from grace,’ lose salvation; there was no necessary ‘perseverance of the saints.’” (source)
“found the great Protestant reformer particularly deficient in his conception of sanctification and the Christian life” (source)
- Title: Christian History Magazine—Issue 2: John Wesley: Leader of the Methodist Movement
- Author: Christian History Institute
- Series: Christian History Magazine
- Publisher: Christian History Institute
- Print Publication Date: 1983
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Era: era:Contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Methodist Church › England--Clergy--Biography
- Resource ID: LLS:12.30.2
- Resource Type: Magazine
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T16:39:03Z